Salafism’s Historical Continuity

The Reception of ‘Modernist’ Salafis by ‘Purist’ Salafis in Jordan

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ID12236708
AuthorsJoas Wagemakers (0000-0003-0400-0262, Utrecht University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume30
Issue2
Pages205-231
Publication date2018-10-04
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Islamic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0955-2340 • E-ISSN: 1471-6917
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jis/ety049
OpenAlexW2898411213
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Academics do not agree on the historical continuity between ‘modernist’ Salafis from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and today's ‘purist’ ones. Interestingly, little attention has been paid to how the latter deal with this issue. This article seeks partly to fill this gap by analysing the reception of ‘modernist’ Salafis in the work of Jordanian ‘purist’ Salafis. It first provides background information on the history of ‘purist’ Salafism in Jordan, with a specific focus on the Syrian-Jordanian scholar Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (1914–1999). It then moves on to analyse the perception of ‘modernist’ Salafi scholars by al-Albānī and the politically quietist branch of ‘purist’ Salafism in Jordan. Next, it deals with the political branch of the ‘purist’ Salafis in the Kingdom and the way they have perceived ‘modernist’ Salafis. Finally, in the conclusion I link the topic of this article to the debate about the historical continuity between ‘modernist’ and ‘purist’ Salafis

Aesthetics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Law · Philosophy

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